HOCHFILZEN, Austria (AP) — Selina Gasparin became the first Swiss biathlete to win a World Cup race by taking the women’s 7.5-kilometer sprint on Friday.
Gasparin overcame a penalty lap after missing one target in the stand shooting to finish in 23 minutes, 16.9 seconds.
Veronika Vitkova of Czech Republic trailed Gasparin by 1.2 seconds in second and Irina Starykh of Russia was 2.1 seconds back in third.
Defending overall champion Tora Berger of Norway missed two targets but rallied to finish fourth, 6.4 seconds behind Gasparin.
